Delaware — Conference USA
HC
Ryan Carty · Delaware Stadium · Newark, DE · 22,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.19 / 0.21
2025
Class rank
#115
class of 2026
Returning PPA
85%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (7–6)
Statistical comps — 2025 Delaware's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (13 in / 8 out)
| Outgoing |
|---|
| Anwar O'neal | OT | → Louisville |
| Anthony Crenshaw Jr. | S | → Baylor |
| Alex Nash-Lally | S | → Maine |
| Nyair Domnie | CB | → New Hampshire |
| Meikhi Cuttino | LB | → uncommitted |
| Thomas Amankwaa | WR | → uncommitted |
| Micah Pryor | DL | → uncommitted |
| Skyler Sholder | K | → uncommitted |
Origins
Raymond won 300 games and a national title running the Wing-T, an offense Delaware kept alive for fifty years after everyone else buried it. Joined the FBS in 2025 after six lower-division championships.
Founded 1743 · A colonial academy older than the state it sits in · first football 1889 · defined by Tubby Raymond
All-time record
All-time
210–172–1
1903–2025
Win %
55.0%
86 seasons played
Winning seasons
36
42% of seasons
By level: ii/iii 6–26 (1903–1955) · D-II 22–14–1 (1956–1979) · D-III 11–17 (1958–1969) · FCS 164–109 (1980–2024) · FBS 7–6 (2025–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2003 | 11 | 1 | Atlantic 10 |
| 2007 | 10 | 3 | CAA |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | CAA |
| 2004 | 9 | 3 | Atlantic 10 |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 | CAA |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1903 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 364 | 40% |
45% | 79 of 136 | 5.6 | 11% |
| 2nd down | 274 | 45% |
42% | 62 of 136 | 6.1 | 14% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 47 | 66% |
70% | — | 5.9 | 9% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 52 | 23% |
40% | — | 5.2 | 10% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 73 | 11% |
25% | — | 6.5 | 14% |
| 4th down | 30 | 60% |
53% | — | 3.7 | 7% |
156 drives · 41% ended in points · 7.3 plays and 46.3 yards per drive · 1.19 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 3 | UConn |
Nick Minicucci pass complete to Kyre Duplessis for 68 yds for a TD (Nate Reed KICK) |
68 | 6.47 |
| 3 | UConn |
Jo Silver run for 70 yds for a TD (Nate Reed KICK) |
70 | 5.98 |
| 1 | Delaware State |
Nick Minicucci pass complete to Jake Thaw for 50 yds for a TD (Nate Reed KICK) |
50 | 5.98 |
| CFP | Louisiana |
No Huddle-Shotgun #27 J.Silver rush middle for 61 yards gain to the UL00 TOUCHDOWN, clock … |
61 | 5.23 |
| CFP | Louisiana |
Sean Wilson 35 Yd pass from Nick Minicucci (Nate Reed Kick) |
35 | 5.17 |
| 14 | UTEP |
No Huddle-Shotgun #26 G.Spiller rush middle for 55 yards gain to the UTEP00 TOUCHDOWN, clo… |
55 | 4.65 |
| 2 | Colorado |
Nick Minicucci pass complete to Ja'Carree Kelly for 67 yds Ja'Carree Kelly fumbled, recove… |
67 | 4.46 |
| 2 | Colorado |
Nick Minicucci pass complete to Ja'Carree Kelly for 67 yds Ja'Carree Kelly fumbled, recove… |
67 | 4.46 |